i used to be the lead eraf case manager person at la rasa c.r.c., and i just wanted to clarify some situations. i left february 4 because of a lot of problems that were going on at la rasa, particularly in the eraf program. remember, we were still giving out checks in october, and when i left in february, we still had people that had not received assistance, and they were waiting for assistance since december, and they had applied way before then. so i do want to say, we had to completely stop working for a period of time because mr. gabriel medina told us we no longer had funds, and we had several checks bouncing. the payment was always delayed, people were always calling us angry because we didn't have the funds to give to them, even though we had promised to give it to them after the whole process was done, so i do urge you to let the resolution stay as it is. la rasa is crucial and important to many people, and i just think they should be allowed to work with the eraf programs, but they should not be have contact with the funds. >> clerk: thank you so much for your comments. mr. atkins, ne

i used to be the lead eraf case manager person at la rasa c.r.c., and i just wanted to clarify some situations4 because of a lot of problems that were going on at la rasa, particularly in the eraf program. remember, we were still giving out checks in october, and when i left in february, we still had people that had not received assistance, and they were waiting for assistance since december, and they had applied way before then. so i do want to say, we had to completely stop working for a period of time because mr. gabriel medina told us we no longer had funds, and we had several checks bouncing. the payment was always delayed, people were always calling us angry because we didn't have the funds to give to them, even though we had promised to give it to them after the whole process was done, so i do urge you to let the resolution stay as it is. la rasa is crucial and important to many people, and i just think they should be allowed to work with the eraf programs, but they should not be have contact with the funds. >> clerk: thank you so much for your comments. mr. atkins, next speaker, please